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Monday, March 7, 2016

I almost forgot...

... but lucky for me, I knew how to make Goggle act like a TIMER as I sat at my computer!

Here's how you can do it too!
[From http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/guide-google-tools-tips-tricks-cant-live-without/ ]

Set a Timer

Did you just put a ham in the oven and sat down to use your computer, forgetting to set the oven timer? No worries, just type “timer” into the Google Search field to launch an embedded timer tool.
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The timer defaults to 5 minutes. If you want to change the countdown period, just click in the timer tool and type in whatever you’d like the timer to count down from.
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Or, save yourself some time and type the time you’d like right in the timer command itself. To set the timer for 12 hours and 30 minutes, just type “timer 12 hours 30 minutes“.
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The timer will emit a loud beeping sound when it hits zero, so don’t forget to turn your computer speakers on. To fill the whole screen on your computer or mobile device with the timer, just press the square symbol to the right of the speaker.
Of course, if you want some more functional online timers, you might want to consider going with one of the 10 online timers that are also included in this Make Use Of article. Click on the blue!

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